Check protector



May 22, 1923; 1,455,904

H. L. Corr CHECK PROTECTOR Filed July 29, 1922 Patented May 22,1923. v l Iv :i RnY 1.; CD11, or ianrnenron r, connnc rrour. I

v CHECK rnornc'ron. Applicationfiiea jui 29, 1e22 sentinel 57s,.2se' e .To all whom-it mag concern. I L "like anjordinary piniony the' tvvo vvh eels v Be it known thatI, HARRY L. Gorij a c tl gbeing adapted to be brought closely to- H zen of the United States, residing t B d e-g when the arms and 6am r d 1 port, in the countyv of Fairfield and State of together by the fingers; -A check to. be per- 5 Connecticut, have invented a newand use forat'ecl isgplaced between the two whee1s,z ful Improvement in Check Protectors; and with thefl'ovver edge of the check entering j I do hereby declare 'the fo1low1ng,- 'When between the sides of the ZV-shapedsPring 13, taken in connection with the accompany ng sothat, vvhen the, device is moved from left ,7 drawings and the characters of reference to right, al ne of perforations willbeformed;

' .1 marked thereon, to be a full,'clear,.and 'exact parallel with the lower edge'of the check, I i

I description of the same, fa'nd which said" and following the line on which the-amount, t drawings constitutepart ofthis applicat onfof the check isusually Writtenif By employ w and represent, in' ,ing th heel with the projections andftheif 3 Fig. '1 a 7 plan view or, a check protector Wheel 16,;a series of perforations-are formed 15 Constructed fi fi i y B in ithelpaper,ratherthan'amereroughening, $30;

'Figa 5. a s1 tion. sothat the'paper, having once-been per-for 7 "nd; vieW of theisame, ate'dycannot be smoothed out and the action f (16 View, S g the protector ot the protector obliterated. F urtherniore, inpo'sition to act upon the face of a check, I provide "a device which is of "such small Fig. 2 an the device being shown .in" anekaggeratedly compass th at itmay be convenientlyIcaii -v05f 7 large scale forclearanceflofconstruction. in thepocket;

' This invention relates toimprovement-in Q I claim: I v i I vcheckprotectors, andfparticularlylto port-g 19A check protector comprising: pair able devices for this purpose, the'object be-iyof. connectingarni's'having inwardly-turned ing to produce a device which is notonly ends, a Veshaped spring arranged betWeenI -j I of sufficient size to accomplish the-desired said arr'ns' and formedyat their outer ends result, but is alsov-v-sofs mall thatitmay be with fingers co'nnectedwithsaidflarms,. and, e dily arried i the pocket, and the inabra'cling vvheels' mounted at the outer ends vention consists in the construction'as hereofs'aid arms. i I i I ina-fter described and particularlyjrecited"in; 1 2. A1'check protector I comprising a pair 7 the claims. i oconnecting arms havingIinwardly-turned i e r In carrying out my invention, I formga: ends, a V-sh'ziped spring arranged between 1 holder vfrom astripof spring metal curved vsaidarms-and havingoutwardly-extending t at the center, forming tWo arms 5 and 6,the fingers at its outerend connected with said f ends 7 and 8 of Which are bent inwardnto arm's fsaid 'finglersand-endswformingbear-{e0 form bearings for the outer ends of studs. ings for abra ing-ineinbers, one ofwwhich 5, ,9 and [10, which are supported ata'their"'is'iormed with,outwardly-projecting i teethr.

inner ends in the outwardly-extendingfin andthe' other with transverse teeth. v gersll and 12 formed. at the outerend of ,In testiin'o xiwhereof, I have signed-thief Y v a V-shaped s ringil8, th said fingers nec i nl h P esence, fit ei-subscrib-[:85

Y and 12 being soldered,-or.otherwise secured, ing witnesses.

to the arms 5 and 6. Upon one of thestuds '1 f 9 is a wheel 14 having-two or more annular p; 'YVitnesses v v rows of points 15, and on the other stud 10* I JOHN HANSEN,

is a wheel 16 having transverse teeth 17 R: P. BROWN.

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